To:HIS SISTER ANNA

Published:First published in 1930 in the journalProletarskaya RevolyutsiyaNo. 1.

      Sent from Geneva to Moscow.

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October 27, 1908

DearAnyuta,

Iam surprised at your long silence. I suppose the move
to Moscow caused a lot of bother and you have had no time
for letters.

Pleasegive me an address to which I can send the
manuscript of my
book.[1]It is ready. It amounts to 24 printer’s
signatures (at the rate of 40,000 letters a signature) and
that is about 400 pages. In a fortnight I shall have finished
reading it over and will send it off; I should like to have
a good address to send it to.

Thingsseem to be bad as far as a publisher is concerned;
I was informed today that Granat has bought the
Mensheviks’ “history”—in other words the Mensheviks have come
out on top in that field. It is obvious that he will now refuse
to publish my
book.[3]Bear in mind that I am not now
chasing after royalties, i.e., I am prepared to make
concessions (any you like) and agree to the postponement of
payment until the book shows a profit—in short there will
be no risk for the publisher. As regards the censor, I will also
agree toallconcessions because in general everything in
the book is undoubtedly legal, with the possible exception
of some expressions that may be
unsuitable.[2]

Ishall await an answer.

Ourpeople all kiss Mother and you. So do I.

Yours,V. Ulyanov

Thefirst page of Lenin’s letter to his sister Anna. October 27, 1908

[1]Materialismand Empirio-criticism.—Ed.

[2]Ergo—conclude a contract if there is the slightest opportunity,
onanyterms.—Lenin

[3]Thisrefers to the publication ofMaterialism and
Empirio-criticism, which Lenin expected the Granat Brothers Publishing House
to handle.